Bos taurus vs. Bos indicus - Beef Improvement Federation
Bos taurus vs. Bos indicus - Beef Improvement Federation
Bos taurus vs. Bos indicus - Beef Improvement Federation
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Working Hypothesis <br />
Reducing progesterone concentra5ons during development <br />
of the follicular wave would: <br />
Progesterone causes an LH (Roberson et al., 1989; Dias et al., 2009) <br />
Increase dominant follicle growth and diameter (Carvalho et al., 2008) <br />
Increase pre-‐ovulatory estradiol produc5on (Sirois and Fortune, 1990) <br />
Enhance oocyte viability (Revah and Butler, 1996) <br />
Enhance subsequent luteal func5on (Butler et al., 1996) <br />
Increase estrous response and concep5on rates <br />
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